2-1 Rational Numbers on the Number Line

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Table of Number Types

Number Line picture

Graph: to draw or plot the points named by those numbers on the number line

Coordinate: number that corresponds to a point on a number line.

Example 1: Name the coordinate of the points graphed on each number line
a)
b)

Example 2: Graph each set of numbers
a) { -1/2, 0, 1/2, 1}
b) {-1.5, 0, 1.5, ...} c) {Integers less than -6, or greater than or equal to 1}

Absolute Value: distance a number is from zero.

Absolute value picture

Example 3: Find each absolute value
a) |-5/8|
b) |0.25|
c) |-7/3|

Evaluate |y - 8| + 5 if y = 12

Homework: p 70 # 1,2,3, 18-57 (3rds)

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